I just went through the whitepaper. Do you plan to offer the service worldwide from Day #1 or do you have a first geographical area in mind to start with ?
Merit is already usable for P2P transactions and has an active market for volume. What features are you most interested in that you think should go global?
Right now I can say that services are actively being used already across the world.
They intend to keep adding features as they are ready that's for sure!